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For those posting here, I have extracted various information from sources on this forum and elsewhere, as follows:
Sam(p)son-Bissett families: (1752-ship “Betty” to Halifax, NS, Canada) - www.access.digex.net/~giammot -
Originally Bizé from Montbéliard, Département de Doubs, Switzerland. The father was Jacques Bise (Bizé), whose father was from Morges, Lake Geneva, and mother was Jiens family from Montbéliard. After migration to Nova Scotia, name was changed to Bizet, Biset, Bisset, and finally Bissett. Other variant spellings are Bessett or Bessette, Bassette or Bassett.
This name is not Acadian French, but French Protestant. This family line goes back to 1610 in Montbéliard, Doubs, France. First settled in “new” Lunenburg, NS in 1753. Son Jean George Bisset moved with wife and family to Tatamagouche, NS in 1772. Granted land at Cole Harbour, NS, area (just outside Halifax) in 1783, J-G died in 1788.
Some NS info sources are:
You can look up listings using phone book - www.canada411.com - use "Search All" or name of Province. For ALBERTA, you must use - www.alberta.com - For SASKATCHEWAN, you must use - www.sasktel.com -.
“Ships Bound for NS (1750-1862) - Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867”, L.H. Smith & N.H. Smith and “The Complete Book of Emigrants”, Peter Wilson Coldham - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8429/ -
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES in CANADA - lots of LINKS to other sites - Nova Scotia - www.gov.ns.ca - births, deaths, marriages, etc. and New Brunswick - www.gov.nb.ca - births, deaths, marriages, etc.
Where most NS BISSETT families now live:
Halifax County - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nshalifa/
(**NOTE: Halifax has moved from the former - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6261/ -)
CANADA GENWEB PROJECT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/index.html
NS map: - http://home.istar.ca/~coastmap/accommodations.htm - also highway maps at - new.destination-ns.com - under “rural community”
- http://www.municipalities.com/NovaScotia/index.htm - commercial site - good NS map, lots of info on tourist sites
- www.Cyndislist.com - go to Nova Scotia, Canada. It gives you many county by county cemeteries and the names in them.
Canadian Geneaology & History - NATIONAL LISTINGS by Province - www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html - a very good source of lots of info - lots of LINKS to other sites
The Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) - Leland Harvie, newsletter editor - 902-443-9107, Halifax - 1,500 members - www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/index.html - the main “chebucto” menu has LINKS to many interesting sites
MORMON CHURCH (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, known as LDS) - http://www.familysearch.org/ - Family Search Internet Genealogy Service - (you will need lots of patience to access this, and then you may only get 15 minutes to look around ! Wealth of knowledge will be worth it ! 400-600 MILLION names going back to year 1500 !)
And for those wanting more info on Switzerland and European sources, a few are:
European Countries - http://s700.uminho.pt/europa.html - click on map of most countries in Europe (include. Balkans) - Find out a bit more about your ancestor's country of origin
German Genealogy Home Page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/ - Click on map of Germany’s 16 Bundesländer and German areas in 7 other countries. Find that elusive ancestor in Germany - another good German research site.
You might want to check out other Huguenot surnames, such as:
- http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/huguenot/default/index.htm -
E-Mail: - huguenot@nwlink.com -
ALLEN, ANDERSON, ANDREWS,
BARKER, BENNETT, BETTGER, BEUS, BILLINGS, BILLIOU, (? BILYEA), BILYEU (cf Balew, Ballou, Belieu, Belew, Boileau), BOYCE, BRO(U)WER, BROWN, BRUMLEY, BRUNNER, BUNKER, BURROW
CAMPBELL, CARLSON, CHADWICK, CHIDESTER,
DEPEW, DONOHOO,
ELDER, ELMER, ERICKSON,
FLETCHER,
GIBSON, GILBERTSON, GILL, GLINES, GOASLIND, GRIFFIN,
HARDY, HARRIS, HOLMES, HYDE,
JESSUP,
LARZALERE, LI(P)SCOMB, LUCAS, LUNDELL,
MANLEY, MARAVILLA, MARKHAM, MARLET, MARLETT, MARSHALL,
MCCURDY, MCKENZIE, MCOMBER/? MCCUMBER,
MEADOWS, MOORE, MORGAN, MORRISON,
NISWENDER, NORTON,
O'NEILL, O'NEILL-MEADOWS, OLSON, OVIATT,
PACKER, PERRIN, PETERSEN, PETERSON, PRITCHARD,
QUINN,
REDD, REYNOLDS, RICH, RIGGS, ROLLINS, ROBERT (later ROBERTS)
SCERANKA, SCHAUFERT, SCOTT, SEATON, SEVERE, SEVERSON, SEYBOLDT, SHEIBEL, SIMKINS, SNOW, SPACKMAN, STRATTON,
TAYLOR, THORN, TIFFANY, TIMOTHY, TRIM, TRIPLETT,
VAN WORKMAN,
WALL, WATKINS, WILKERSON, WILLIAM, WILLSON, WILSON, WINEGAR, WORKMAM, WORKMAN, WORKMANN, WORTHEN
Hope some of this may be helpful to those tracing past history.
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